members streamed out of the capitol last night with no agreement to avert the fiscal cliff. house speaker john boehner is home in ohio tonight. but he left a video behind. >> washington has a serious spending problem. >> reporter: which played in the capitol tonight would echo through the empty halls. >> the president's solution of raising taxes -- >> reporter: the republican leader of the senate took a holiday swipe at democrats. >> i'm stuck here at washington. trying to prevent my fellow kentuckyians from shelling out more money to uncle sam next year. >> reporter: we're learning more tonight about how the negotiations fell apart. the wall street journal quoting unnamed sources said that when the speaker offered $800 billion in revenue by limiting deductions the speaker asked, what do i get? the president reportedly responded, you get nothing, i get that for free. unable to agree on a big deal, on taxes and entitlements, the president is now hoping to get a small deal, extend middle-class tax rates and agree to a framework for a big deal. >> that's an achievable goal, tha